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Forests

  • Veerappan issue

    TMC gives notice for adjournment motion: The kidnap crisis involving the Kannada actor, Mr. Rajkumar, triggered by forest brigand Veerappan is likely to have its echo in the Tamil Nadu Legislative

  • 6 years of law on trees, not one conviction

    More than six years after the Delhi Tree Preservation Act came into existence, not one person has been convicted. The Act provides for a fine and imprisonment up to six

  • Dwindling forests

    Environmentalists throughout the world have been expressing concern over the dangerously fast dwindling of forest resources in Nepal, northern India and Bangladesh for the last three decades.

  • Aravallis awaiting arrival of Yen

    It has been a rather long wait for Aravallis, one of the oldest hill systems in the world, situated in north western India for funds from Japan. Since the completion of the OECF (Overseas Economic

  • Forest Dept prefers gizmos to trees

    In spite of a depleting forest cover and challenges to wildlife in the state, the Gujarat Forest Department chose to divert nearly Rs 6 crore, earmarked for tree plantation, to the purchase of

  • 'Green India' needs Rs. 4,600 cr. annually

    The National Planning Commission has mooted a Green India Fund, to be mobilised by pooling in domestic and external sources to promote agro-forestry and joint forest management(JFM)

  • Preserving forests

    Guarding wild life is a tough job. Tougher still if the forests are in remote areas like the Rani forests on the Assam-Meghalaya border. Straddling 160 sq kms, the Rani forests comprises three

  • Plan panel for integrated approach towards forests

    The Planning Commission has proposed an integrated management approach to conserve natural resources like water, soil, biodiversity and forests, alongside a well-organised monitoring and evaluation

  • Beijing goes green with planting campaign

    Around 50 per cent of Beijing will be covered with trees in the next five to 10 years to improve the environment, according to the forestry administration in the capital. To reach the goal, the

  • Schemes to promote forestry

    Concerned over the decrease in forest area after creation of the new Uttaranchal state, the Uttar Pradesh Government has initiated several schemes to increase forestry in the State. The government

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